diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index dbbbc4668769..6321b797061b 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -666,6 +666,6 @@ not_empty:
 const struct file_operations ufs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= ufs_readdir,
-	.fsync		= file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= ufs_sync_file,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ufs/file.c b/fs/ufs/file.c
index 625ef17c6f83..2bd3a1615714 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/file.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "ufs.h"
 
 
-static int ufs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+int ufs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int err;
diff --git a/fs/ufs/ufs.h b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
index 69b3427d7885..d0c4acd4f1f3 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/ufs.h
+++ b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ extern void ufs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct ufs_dir_entry *de,
 /* file.c */
 extern const struct inode_operations ufs_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations ufs_file_operations;
-
 extern const struct address_space_operations ufs_aops;
+extern int ufs_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 
 /* ialloc.c */
 extern void ufs_free_inode (struct inode *inode);